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Comment
. 2020 Oct:60:102894.
doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2020.102894. Epub 2020 May 26.

Procedures to minimize viral diffusion in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic

Alberto Lucchini  1 , Marco Giani  2 , Dario Winterton  2 , Giuseppe Foti  2 , Roberto Rona  2
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Comment

Procedures to minimize viral diffusion in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic

Alberto Lucchini et al. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Figures

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Fig 1
High efficiency particulate filters placed after ventilator expiratory valve (A: Drager Evita XL, B: Gettinge Maquet Servo I).
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Fig 2
72-hours closed suction system with a valve side port for bronchoscopy.
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Fig 3
Single-chamber thoracic drainage system with a high efficiency particulate filter on the membrane lung air exit port.
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Comment on

  • COVID-19: Protecting Healthcare Workers is a priority.
    Chirico F, Nucera G, Magnavita N. Chirico F, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Sep;41(9):1117. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.148. Epub 2020 Apr 17. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020. PMID: 32299519 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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